About me
Existing in the modern world can be exhausting and overwhelming. Every day you face countless demands to be met, decisions to be made, and responsibilities to be upheld, and sometimes it can feel impossible to give yourself the attention that you need. Therapy is a space where, for just a short time, you can put all of those things aside and enable yourself to become the kind of person you have always wanted to be, and achieve the things you have always wanted to achieve. We will work together to piece together your story as you would want it to be told, to figure out who you are and how you came to be, and transform that knowledge into lasting change.
You need to be made to feel like a person rather than a therapeutic checklist. I prioritise the development of a warm, genuine, transparent working relationship as the most important part of our work together. The progress of the sessions will be guided by you, and I will endeavour to make sure that you feel in control of the direction and structure of your sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an integrative counsellor, which means that I draw on tools and ideas from a wide variety of therapeutic styles. Therefore, I am able to tailor our work together to meet your unique needs and requirements. My way of working draws on my own lived experience, a robust and trauma-focused therapeutic framework, and a wide-ranging breadth of experience with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. I have significant experience working with complex trauma, neurodiversity, and personality disorders in both young people and adults, and significant experience working with race and gender.
I have years of specific experience working with ADHD and autism, as well as complex psychological conditions like borderline personality disorder, complex PTSD, and dissociative identity disorder. I have worked extensively with people who have found it difficult to access support via other means, such as sex workers, people with chronic health conditions, and people from the transgender community.
I identify as a neurodiverse transgender woman and would strongly encourage you to contact me if you would feel more comfortable working with someone with lived experience of these issues, especially if you have found it difficult to locate a therapist who meets your specific needs in the past.
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling at CPPD
Certificate in Couples and Relationship Therapy at The Grove
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Standard fees are £70 for an individual session and £140 for couples. Concessions are available for students, people on low incomes, or people who would otherwise struggle to access counselling. Other arrangements may be available on a case by case basis.
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